1.1 What were two unexpected uses of social-networking sites?
Facebook and Myspace are examples of the development of these sites. Unexpected uses of these social-networking sites are for example:
the creation and organization of events in these spaces or
the accurate and unbiased news reports that attract more readers than the local newspapers.
1.2 What are two ways free services on the Web are paid for?
By the companies which seek, through a popular web page, to advertise their company and
By selling better versions of some free service to the public. Example a better online enciclopedia.
1.3 Describe two applications of speech recognition
The learning of a foreign language
Air traffic control
1.4 List two applications mentioned in this chapter that help ordinary people do things for which we used to rely on experts.
Medication, we are now more aware of the disease we may have just by searching on the web and consulting which disease matches our syntoms.
Moreover, the matching of fingerprints on a crime scene. An expert is no longer needed, for a machine with a well taught person behind can obtain the exact ID of the person´s fingerprint.
1.5 List four kinds of software that helped expand use of the web
Social Networking
Increase communication via e-mail
Online stores
Attachments
Easy to use softwares which make the web a more accessible tool for everyone.
New Technologies Exercises
1.1 What were two unexpected uses of social-networking sites?
Facebook and Myspace are examples of the development of these sites. Unexpected uses of these social-networking sites are for example:
1.2 What are two ways free services on the Web are paid for?
1.3 Describe two applications of speech recognition
1.4 List two applications mentioned in this chapter that help ordinary people do things for which we used to rely on experts.
1.5 List four kinds of software that helped expand use of the web